Improvement in compositions for staining wood



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JOHN WINGER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

Letters PatentNo. 112,879, datedMarch 21, 1871.

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1'0 all whom it may concern: I I

Be it known that I, JOHN WINGER, of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Composition for Staining Wood; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and usefiil improvement in a composition for staining wood of the color ofblack walnut, and consists in combining the ingre-- dients hereinafter named in about the proportions specified.

In carrying out my invention and discovery Itake of water, say, four gallons, to which I add one pound extract hemlock bark, four ounces of concentrated lye, two ounces extract of logwood, and one-half ounce I of copperas.

' The whole being put in akettle or boiler, heat is applied until the liquid reaches the boiling point This composition gives to wood a beautiful and dutable dark stain for imitating black walnut, and costs but a trifle compared with the stains sold in market for the same purpose.

Having thus described my invention,

- L claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenti The, above-described staining composition, substantially as specified, for the purposes set'forth.

\ JOHN WINGER.

Witnesses:

O. M. ALBRIGBT,

Ronnn'r Goon; 

